1996 Domaine Jean-Louis Chave Hermitage Blanc
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vagrantone wrote:
86 Points
Friday, November 25, 2022 - This looks a bit like the emperor's new clothes...
This wine is clearly well past its peak and comes across tired with limited interest at this point.
It showed better a few years ago when I last tried it, but was disappointing today. Yes, the texture was rich but the aromatic complexity and length were absent. It cannot be considered a great wine at this point.
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Comment posted by cfk49:
11/25/2022 9:33:00 AM - You write as though your judgment on this one bottle is definitive for the state of the wine (i.e., it wasn't just an off bottle). Given that others on CT have been most enthusiastic about this wine as recently as this past September, do you think they are wrong or that the wine has just fallen off a cliff in the past two months?
Comment posted by vagrantone:
11/25/2022 10:55:00 AM - Too many people are prepared to overlook the flaws just because the bottle carries a Chave label
Comment posted by cfk49:
11/25/2022 11:22:00 AM - So you categorically rule out the possibility that it was a substandard bottle.